Comment & Opinion

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Americans could be forgiven if they're unaware that President Donald Trump recently performed one of his most essential tasks and s...

If you want to understand where Pennsylvania’s economy is headed, don’t start with GDP or job reports. Start with a different number: $2.3 billion. Th...

With each visit to the gas pump, Americans are beginning to see the limits of “energy dominance.” Despite the United States being the world’s largest ...

No matter what a state offers in terms of natural beauty, work and social opportunities, tax and economic policy — as unglamorous as they sound — will...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — However, and whenever, President Donald Trump’s war against Iran ultimately ends, this much is already clear: It’s been a disaster ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The biggest losers in Sunday’s extraordinary election in Hungary, aside from its four-term autocratic prime minister Viktor Orbán...

I find myself lately agreeing with Meghan Trainor when she sang, “All About That Bass.” I was always about wanting to hear the bass. Like many teens, ...

At a moment when concerns about high-potency marijuana are rising nationwide, Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing an industry-backed proposal that wou...

It was just six months ago that Senate Democrats shut down the government rather than address the failures of Obamacare. Their rhetoric was dark, warn...

The seven governors of the Federal Reserve are supported by a staff of more than 3,000 economists who analyze current fiscal conditions. But, accordin...

BOSTON (TNS) — Just when you thought Democrats couldn’t sink any lower, along comes retread Kamala Harris to kiss the ring of Al Sharpton and adopt a ...

Twenty-two years ago, the U.S. was at war, just as it is today, and a president visited the pope at the Vatican. President George W. Bush’s meeting wi...

(TNS) — Vice President JD Vance and hundreds of expert-level U.S. officials arrived in Islamabad last weekend with a sliver of hope that a deal to end...

If you read the headlines, it’s easy to be discouraged about the American economy. If you follow the trend lines, it’s difficult not to be more optimi...

I do not understand why more people are not displaying the United States flag at their homes. A great many people died protecting it and our way of li...

America often prepares for the war it has just fought. Today, the Pentagon is preparing for the next war, in real time, under fire, against the clock....

In a few weeks, about 170,000 college students will walk across the stage of Pennsylvania’s many colleges and universities. After years of study and h...

The most important number in the United States is $193.6 trillion. That’s how much extra money will be needed to fund Social Security and Medicare ind...

Gov. Josh Shapiro is correct to join 23 other states in challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that instructs the U.S. Postal Service to...

I knew from an early age that someday I would be a teacher. Throughout my childhood, teachers were always there for me, giving me the safe spaces I ne...